Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-10
MALE ATTIRE FOR WOMEN.

The proposal of the erratic Nine. de
Nalsayre who intends to agitate for free
dom of female garb, seems destined to find
many supporters, both male and female,
The Project Of Police has for some time
past allowed several women to wear male
attire, but for particular reasons. Among
these is female from Marseilles swho is
blessed with a hirsute appendage on her
chin which would do honor to an athletic
sdpeur, a soldier who is popularity supposed
to grow marvellous beard. This woman
was of course followed by crowd of small
boys whenever she appeared in public. So
the bearded woman resolved to discard the
petticoat forever, and to don the pantaloons
of the stronger sex. To this intent she
made an application to the Project of Po-
lice, which was granted at once. The
other women who are allowed to assume
mans habiliments are few female paint
ers or copyists, who work on high ladders
in the picture galleries, and about half
dozen persons who have left off the proper
garb of their sex for motives connected
with health.
Since Nine. Dieulaioy appeared at the
Opera Comique in the evening dress of a
copurchic, Nj. Gragnon, the Project of Po-
lice, has recalled to his subordinates the
edict against the wearing of mems clothes
by women. But nobody has been pun
ished, and it is probably in view of this
leniency that some females continue to ap-
pear in public dressed as men, while the
Project Himself is continually pestered
with applications from women who want to
walk about Paris in male attire, like
Georges Sand, and who allege medical
motives, which NJ. Gragnon, prudently
and automatically processes not to under
stand. But if Nine de Valsayre's pro-
posed petition to Parliament be rejected.
as it undoubtedly will be, that brilliant
dame will at least have the satisfaction of
knowing that she will have given another
impetus to the prevailing fashion among
her countrywomen of making their gar
ments as masculine as possible. This year,
for instance, mems felt hats have been
largely taken into wear by the ladies, and
the modiste has been frequently aban-
doned for the halter. In these circum-
stances 1t may be safe to predict that the
days Of the divided skirt, at least are not
far otf-LoRdon Telegraph
a STANDARD FOR SERVANTS.
In other countries there are settled wavs
of doing every detail of household work.
The nearer worker approaches this stand
ard the more her work is valued. If she
is not acquainted with the proper way she
is laughed at by her fellow-servants as a
bad carpenter or other workman would be
by his shopmateS. Before training-schools
for servants, therefore, can be the success
that those for nurses are, its rules for work
must be accepted as unquestioningly. That
there must be reform in the present state
Of domestic service, if women are 10 retain
their health and ability to make home the
happiest place in the world, is as certain to
observant minds as that the coming gen.
Grafton Of children will be wretched, merry
Gus beings if the reform does not come.
The evil has been so steadily increasing
that we may hope, in view of the awaken
ing interest, that it has reached that
"worst" where, the adage says, change
must come" but let us prepare ourselves
to aid it. No reform of this kind will
come quickly or suddenly, but if EMPLOYERS
are in earnest, if they Tor any large num-
Der OF them Will adopt standard of work
and pay literally only those who can bring
undoubted diplomas or credentials that
they are capable of doing it, service would
become the business of better class of
women, as nursing has, since to be we'll
paid servant she must be both capable and
respectable. The low-paid would soon i'm
prove, for they would not feel, as now, that
it does not matter how they forfeit the
right to a good recommendation, or how
incapable they are, for some one will en-
gage them at any price they like to ask
Good Housekeeping.